{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["020:00"], "contactPoint": {"fn": "Danelle Lobdell", "hasEmail": "mailto:lobdell.danelle@epa.gov"}, "describedBy": "https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/ORD/NHEERL/EQI", "description": "An Environmental Quality Index (EQI) for all counties in the United States for the time period 2000-2005 was developed which incorporated data from five environmental domains: air, water, land, built, and socio-demographic. The EQI was developed in four parts: domain identification; data source identification and review; variable construction; and data reduction using principal components analysis (PCA). The methods applied provide a reproducible approach that capitalizes almost exclusively on publically-available data sources.  The primary goal in creating the EQI is to use it as a composite environmental indicator for research on human health. A series of peer reviewed manuscripts utilized the EQI in examining health outcomes. This dataset is not publicly accessible because: This series of papers are considered Human health research - not to be loaded onto ScienceHub. It can be accessed through the following means: The EQI data can be accessed at: https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/ORD/NHEERL/EQI. Format: EQI data, metadata, formats, and data dictionary all available at website. \n\nThis dataset is associated with the following publications:\nGray, C., L. Messer, K. Rappazzo, J. Jagai, S. Grabich, and D. Lobdell. The association between physical inactivity and obesity is modified by five domains of environmental quality in U.S. adults: A cross-sectional study.   PLoS ONE. Public Library of Science, San Francisco, CA, USA, 13(8): e0203301, (2018).\nPatel, A., J. Jagai, L. Messer, C. Gray, K. Rappazzo, S. DeflorioBarker, and D. Lobdell. Associations between environmental quality and infant mortality in the United States, 2000-2005.   Archives of Public Health. BioMed Central Ltd, London,  UK, 76(60): 1, (2018).\nGray, C., D. Lobdell, K. Rappazzo, Y. Jian, J. Jagai, L. Messer, A. Patel, S. Deflorio-Barker, C. Lyttle, J. Solway, and A. Rzhetsky. Associations between environmental quality and adult asthma prevalence in medical claims data.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam,  NETHERLANDS, 166: 529-536, (2018).", "distribution": [], "identifier": "https://doi.org/10.23719/1407608", "keyword": ["environmental quality", "Ambient air quality", "water quality", "land quality", "built environment", "sociodemographic quality"], "license": "https://pasteur.epa.gov/license/sciencehub-license.html", "modified": "2017-08-23", "programCode": ["020:097"], "publisher": {"name": "U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)", "subOrganizationOf": {"name": "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency", "subOrganizationOf": {"name": "U.S. Government"}}}, "references": ["https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203301", "https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-018-0306-0", "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2018.06.020"], "rights": null, "title": "Environmental Quality Index"}